Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Union Minister’s Son Ashish Mishra Arrested

This took place after he was interrogated at the Crime Branch office in Lakhimpur Kheri police lines in connection with the incident.

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New Delhi: Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was arrested on Saturday after over 11 hours of questioning in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident.

This took place after he was interrogated at the Crime Branch office in Lakhimpur Kheri police lines in connection with the incident.

The nine-member SIT headed by Saharanpur Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Upendra Agarwal arrested the Union Minister’s son after quizzing him for more than 11 hours.

The DIG said Ashish Mishra has been arrested as he was not cooperating during the interrogation and did not answer few questions.

“He will be produced before the court,” Agarwal added, ANI reported.

Ashish Mishra, alias Monu, went to the Crime Branch office after the police issued him a second summons as he failed to turn up earlier on Friday.

The development came a day after the Supreme Court expressed its dissatisfaction over the action taken against the accused in the Lakhimpur incident that had drawn massive outrage.

Ashish Mishra was named in a FIR following allegations that he was in one of the vehicles that mowed down the farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri.

Eight people, including farmers, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and a journalist, were killed in the violence that broke out on October 3 after an SUV allegedly ran over a group of anti-farm law protesters, who were demonstrating against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit at Tikonia-Banbirpur road in Lakhimpur Kheri.